In the second Corona year 2021 they are sick leave of employees at work after an analysis of the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) has fallen to a low. As the evaluation based on data from their own insured persons showed, each employed person lost an average of 14.5 days. In 2020 it was 15.1 days, 2019 15.4 days and 2018 15.5 days. the number of sick leave because of a Covid-19 diagnosis but increased in the past year to 37,625 after 26,833 in the first Corona year 2020.
Cashier Jens Baas said the main reason for the general decline in absenteeism was significantly less sick leave due to colds. According to the analysis, every TK-insured person was absent for an average of 1.64 days in 2021 – in 2020 it was 2.30 days and in 2019 before the pandemic 2.37 days. This shows that the distance and hygiene rules are still very effective.
For the analysis, data from 5.5 million employees who are insured with Techniker Krankenkasse were evaluated. Certificates of incapacity for work must be sent to the health insurance company if employees are absent for more than three days.